I think the difference between selected text in MS Word and a Thickbox instance is that people would expect (for the most part) to be able to mouseover selected text and have some options appear. (Usually from right-clicking, but enabled by mouseover anyway)
The new effect with the menu fading in for selected text in MS Word is very cool, but for Thickbox, without some visual cue for clickable options, people wouldn't know where to mouseover at all. A good compromise would be to put the mouseover points on the TB frame with very low opacity, but visible nonetheless... then when someone approaches the text/graphics with the mouse pointer, the mouseover points can become more distinct in direct proportion to the proximity of the mouse pointer. Rick -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Klaus Hartl Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 10:46 AM To: jQuery Discussion. Subject: Re: [jQuery] ANNOUNCE: Thickbox Reloaded alpha Ah, I see! Cool! What do the others think? I'm no designer, so I didn't (want to) change much compared to the initial Thickbox anyway. I'd like having a little bit more text ("Image 2 of 5") in the control, but I like the idea of having a control thats only there if needed. The control could slide up or fade in if you hover of the hotspot. In addition that would make calculating the box height much easier as well! The different opacities in one box though will not be doable, because one box inherits the opacity of its parent. Or maybe with using a transparent png but that won't work in IE 6 easily and adds another asset I'd rather avoid. But as I wrote, in the end thats just a matter of the included skin and I made it so that one can just plugin his or her own skin style sheet. There will be a default skin, but I encourage everyone to make new skins once Thickbox Reloaded is out. You just had to replace jquery.thickbox.skin.css with another one. -- Klaus Mark schrieb: > hmm.. i guess the attatchment didn`t get through and therefore the > entire message didn`t get on the list (i can see it here in my gmail) > here is the suggestion again with the image posted on imageshack. > > full message was: > ------------------------------------------------------- > i like this alot :) > don`t get me wrong but i`ve made a mockup how i would like to see it.. > this doesn1`t mean that htere is something wrong with the version you > posted.. just these changes in my mockup make it complete for me :) > > the mockup is in the attatchment. > explenation: > let the "Close this window" (not vissable in the mockup) appear when the > mouse gets close to it. for the NEXT and PREV part with hte transparent > background.. also let that appear or fade depending on the location on > the mouse.. lets say if the mouse gets with in a 20pixel radius of the > next or prev the part will appear. otherwise it will fade away or stay > away (same with the close this window) > > i hope you can do something with this. > Mark. > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Image: > (kinda big images.. 700+ KB in PNG.. perhaps that`s why it didn`t got > through) > http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3640/mockupthickboxcopyps4.png > > extra information: > the thick white border arround the image is transparent (0.8 or 0.9) the > px width border that`s directly arround the image isn`t transparent and > the 1px border that is arround the thick white border also isn`t > transparent (or just a little) > > let me know what you think of it. > > Mark. > > > 2007/2/27, Klaus Hartl <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>: > > Mark schrieb: > > @Klaus Hartl > > > > don`t you like my mockup suggestion? > > > ??? > > Mark, I'm all ear, but I haven't got a mail of yours. Did you write me > an email or to the list? > > > -- Klaus > > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com <mailto:discuss@jquery.com> > http://jquery.com/discuss/ <http://jquery.com/discuss/> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/ _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
